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Feisty Fawn Herd 4 is now available for download:

Ubuntu "Feisty Fawn" 7.04 has two more months before its planned release on April 19th. Herd 4, the fourth alpha release is another milestone on the road to final release. Herd 4 is the first herd release after Feature Freeze, meaning testing is very much needed and each alpha/beta release from now on will require extensive testing to guarantee rock-solid stability in the final version.

Note: This is still an alpha release. Do not install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released in April 2007.

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Ubuntu CTO Matt Zimmerman has announced two Ubuntu Technical Board decisions that will affect the upcoming Feisty Fawn release, due out in April of this year. For the Feisty release, proprietary video drivers are out of the default install, and the PowerPC port of Ubuntu is being downgraded to an unofficial release.

According to the release, Feisty will "preserve the status quo with respect to proprietary video drivers." This doesn't mean that Ubuntu will be completely clean of proprietary software.

Additionally, a team has been formed to work on the PowerPC, and if community support for the port is strong enough, there's no reason Ubuntu won't continue to be perfectly usable for PowerPC owners, even in its "unofficial" status.

Ubuntu says no to non-free video drivers for Feisty

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Feisty Fawn Herd 3 has been released:

Welcome to Feisty Fawn Herd 3, which will in time become Ubuntu 7.04.

Pre-releases of Feisty are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system, or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are however recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs. Installing a milestone and then upgrading through the release cycle should leave you with a close approximation of the final release.